United will tackle Deportivo yet again

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MEMORIES of the tackle that launched a thousand headlines last season will be revived when the Champions League resumes. Although the draw only takes place today, Uefa have confirmed that Deportivo La Coruña will be one of Manchester United’s three opponents in the second group phase, reuniting not just two clubs that met four times last season but two players involved in that ill-fated challenge.

A two-footed lunge by Pedro Duscher, the Argentine midfield player, broke David Beckham’s foot in the quarter-final second leg at Old Trafford in April and left his World Cup participation in doubt, and the Deportivo